OT: Coronavirus

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Another story from Iowa, on the news conference it was stated they had 166 positive tests at the Tyson plant in Columbus Junction in a work force over 1,100 to paraphrase.Left out they only had 200 test's"As of Tuesday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 166 tests
related to the Tyson plant in  Columbus Junction in southeastern Iowa's
Louisa County. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday that the state is
sending an additional 900 COVID-19 tests to the plant. The state sent
200 of the tests there last week." 

Another confirmed outbreak in an Iowa Tyson plan. How about this for stupid, they sent workers from the other regional plants that had positive cases to this plant. State just sent 2,500 tests to the plant, another 1.300 are coming from regional healthcare companies. Expecting large numbers of positive tests from the plant, that is if people are willing to come in. Lots of undocumented at that plant. Local hospitals initiated their surge plans today which includes large tents in the parking lot to deal with the influx of people and try to keep beds open for the critical. 

Thanks to the outbreak I mentioned about the count this plant was located in has now taken over the dubious honor of most confirmed cases and did so after having been on the low end of total number of cases just about a week prior. Over 500 more confirmed cases since last Thursday. Today Iowa set the record, again for most number of newly infected with 521 new cases. 4 of the last 7 days Iowa has set a new state record for most confirmed cases in a day. And the dingbat Governor is saying medical facilities can now open for elective procedures as well as farmers markets.  

Today Gov. Reynolds announced the lifting of restrictions on nonessential surgeries and farmers markets.  Well at least they aren't wet markets, we should celebrate with a pot luck dinner.  Whats with the two week downturn before phased lifting of restrictions?

All I can do is shake my head at her decision. Huge mistake.  Not sure what everyone else's farmers markets are like but where I live slim chance they'll be able to keep people 6 feet apart.  As for nonessential procedures I belive most facilities would say with their heads/hearts its a bad idea. But they'll ultimately cave to the pocketbook.  Healthcare networks are losing their asses not performing these procedures.  

Just watched some of the local folk on the news and it's has some
real nuances.  My initial response was wtf, but the picture of a farmers
market and what goes on in rural towns and the stripped down version of
farmer to consumer distribution can be something different.  By the
same token what are the differences between these and the wet markets in
China, my wife has spent a lot of time there, and they are not all
the same.  I would like to have some margin of safety in the food
chain,  I work with electricity and moving objects, not food, is it too
much to expect someone else be a responsible authority. 

I would like someone to step up and lead, I may be naive, but isn't this why people run for office and dedicate themselves to public service?  Why the f##k can't I trust them to make good decisions and let me relax a bit.  

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Illinois' governor announced 4 more weeks of lockdown. My state representative responded by sueing the governor to open up downstate.
There are 6 counties downstate with zero cases. There are 43 counties with 10 or fewer cases. All states parks were completely closed for April. The governor opened a few widely scattered parks for May but most are still closed. No hiking, no fishing.
Illinois governor knows nothing about downstate. He's basically the governor of Chicago and downstate is the stepchild that is forced to do whatever the step dad says.

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This one is for Barr...

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Not to get all negative, but does anyone really believe they're going to have 70k crammed into stadiums by Sept?

I say NFW without a therapeutic or vaccine...

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Just some startling numbers: 

Spoke to a buddy last night. In February he took a new job as Creative Director for an organization in Boston. I didn't really know what his business was though, so I asked him if he thought his job was safe. Turns out he works for an online grocery distributor. He said their typical annual revenue was about $120M. This year, they took in $113M in March alone. Their cost to produce materials per customer went from $40 to 47 cents. I'd say his job is safe. Talk about timing. 

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@MaroonBells said:
Just some startling numbers: 

Spoke to a buddy last night. In February he took a new job as Creative Director for an organization in Boston. I didn't really know what his business was though, so I asked him if he thought his job was safe. Turns out he works for an online grocery distributor. He said their typical annual revenue was about $120M. This year, they took in $113M in March alone. Their cost to produce materials per customer went from $40 to 47 cents. I'd say his job is safe. Talk about timing. 

I spent my career in big, processed food. Soup, Cereal, Baking, Snacks etc...They always do well in recessions and now pandemics. It's all about capacity and supply chain now. 

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